Treasure hunters plunder ancient kingdom of Dacia
Treasure hunting gangs have been pludering gold and other treasures from “Dacia”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacia, an ancient kingdom that lies in what is now Romania.
Much of the gold the lotters are after was hidden away by King Decebalus in 106 AD, while the Roman invaders were at his heels. Apparently, the Romans didn’t find the bulk of the gold, but international smugglers armed with modern equipment are having better luck.
Since 1990, more than 20,000 Dacian gold coins dug up have been smuggled out of Romania and sold on the Western coin black market for more than 20 million euros. A further 7,845 ancient gold coins, 190 gold works of art and plates smuggled out of the country have been recovered.
Via the Sunday Herald
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